@reneespark It reminds me of that shitty example of dude behaviour in radical spaces, 'If you were really committed to the cause, you'd totally fuck me.' Entitled asshole is entitled. I don't get people who act like because they want to fuck someone/whoever/anyone, everyone else should just let/make that happen. I'm sure there are women who do that too, but it reeks of privileged, entitled, patriarchal assholery to me.

@iceberg In Québec, people buy their alcohol mostly at dépanneurs (convenience stores), which is abbreviated (maybe only by English-speakers) to 'dep'. If you want hard liquor, though, you need to go to the SAQ (that's actually the name of the government agency which runs them, the Société des alcools du Québec), which is either spelled out or pronounced 'sack'.

Honestly, this stuff is too familiar to me, and I think I may have been raised on too much goddess theology, to see it as anything but religious/devotional art. I mean, I can conceive of the possibility, but that's not what I see. Dunno who made it, though, and I certainly don't automatically attribute it to dudes.

You know, I have many many female friends and acquaintances. And yeah, you know what, with a lot of them, even ones I behave largely older-brother with (I am an excellent older brother, maybe not such a fantastic boyfriend), I am at least somewhat attracted to them. But while that, mixed with a general appreciation for them and who they are, may be why I'm there, I'm so totally not just holding out for something 'more' to happen. That's creepy, and awkward, and even if they don't know that's what you're doing, YOU know that's what you're doing, and blah... I have opinions on this.

@dubioustaste Yeah. The video for Ride made me really really really uncomfortable, but honestly, aside from the headdress, it's an uncomfortable I can handle, and I still like her stuff. Except that super gross dude in Born to Die and the second video for Blue Jeans, because he is ew.

@TheBourneApproximation Pretty much exactly this. I don't generally think in those terms when I'm naked with someone I'm attracted to (and really, why are we there unless we're attracted to each other?), but hell, even if what I thought of a person when naked was 'Eh, B+', that's not something you say. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU EVER SAY.